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To serve 4 persons

Ingredients	Quantity
Tomatoes chopped	2 nos
Tamarind pulp	3 tbsp
Garlic crushed	2 cloves
Oil	2 tbsp
Melam Milagu Rasam Masala	1 ½ - 2 tbsp
Mustard seed	½ tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig
Red chilli (whole)	2 nos
Coriander leaves	1 tbsp
Water	1 litre
Salt	To taste

Cooking method:
• Heat oil in a pan and allow the mustard seeds to splutter.
• Add red chilli, curry leaves and sauté well.
• Add crushed garlic and sauté till brown.
• Add Melam Milagu Rasam Masala, chopped tomatoes and fry until it is mashed.
• Add tamarind pulp and mix well.
• Add water, required salt and simmer for sometime.
• Don’t boil the rasam.
• Add coriander leaves and close with lid.